San Marcos dance instructor pleads guilty to molesting student

VISTA -- The director of a San Marcos dance company pleaded
guilty Wednesday to molesting a 15-year-old female student he was
driving home.

Juan Guillermo Lopez, 36, entered his plea to one count of
committing a lewd act upon a child, Deputy District Attorney Mara
Allard said.

Three other similar charges were dismissed by Vista Superior
Court Judge Daniel Goldstein, according to Allard.

Lopez, who lived in Escondido but ran the "Ballet Folklorico"
troupe based at the San Marcos Community Center, was arrested July
18 on suspicion of inappropriately touching the girl on June 20.
The defendant has been jailed ever since on $1 million bail.

The prosecutor said there were no other victims. Lopez faces two
years in prison when he's sentenced Nov. 6.